Lovecraft’s College Hill
Jen and I took a walking tour of the beautiful College Hill in Providence on Sunday, taking note of many of the important locations of H.P. Lovecraft’s works and life. We followed the wonderfully helpful map created by the kind folks at http://www.hplovecraft.com.
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- Poe and Lovecraft used to wander amongst these graves at the Cathedral of St John Episcopal
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- The inspiration for the house in Lovecraft’s “The Shunned House.”
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- The Fleur De Lys Studio, where great Cthulhu was first envisioned in stone.
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- The building given as the home of the artist in “Call of Cthulhu”
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- Founded in 1638 by Roger Williams, this is the oldest Baptist church and the mother church of the Baptists.
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- A library near Brown University frequented by Lovecraft, also Poe.
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- Having a sit down next to the Van Wickle Gates outside Brown University.
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- John Hay Library, across from Brown University, holds the largest collection of Lovecraft manuscripts.
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- H.P. Lovecraft Memorial
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- H.P. Lovecraft Memorial
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- The Samuel B. Mumford House, Lovecraft’s final home. Moved to this location from a spot next to the John Hay Library.
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- The Prospect Terrace park, with Roger Williams watching over Providence. One of Lovecraft’s spots.
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- Lovecraft’s home from April 1926 to May 1933
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- Lovecraft’s grave marker behind the Phillips family monument
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- “I am Providence” - Lovecraft’s Grave Marker
“I never can be tied to raw new things,
For I first saw the light in an old town,
Where from my window huddled roofs sloped down,
To a quaint harbour rich with visionings.Streets with carved doorways where the sunset beams,
Flooded old fanlights and small window-panes,
And Georgian steeples topped with gilded vanes ~
These are the sights that shaped my childhood dreams.”- Quote on H.P. Lovecraft Memorial
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